Chapter 298: Battle in Shanxi

A huge map was hung in the lobby of the Shuai Mansion, Gubeikou, Xifengkou, Taolinkou, Shanhaiguan, Niuyuguan, Baimaguan, Santunying, Yanheying, Jianchangying, and the key points of defense along the Great Wall.

The tribal scope outside the Great Wall is vividly remembered.

The deputy generals, guerrilla generals, garrisons, garrisons, and generals stood in a large area. They either looked angry or looked solemn, and were in a warlike atmosphere. There was no trivial matter in the border defense. If Shanxi was captured, the capital would

There is a danger. During the Jiajing period, the Tartars invaded, and two governors of Ji Liao were killed in dereliction of duty, and ten generals were dismissed one after another. This is not a joke. Now the one who is here is Jianlu who is good at fighting, and everyone is nervous.

stand up.

Ma Cheng was the head coach of the guest army, and Gao Feng, the eunuch in charge, was also present.

Wang Guozhen has been in Shanxi for many years and has some elite soldiers and powerful generals under his command, but it only takes time to gather.

After the chief general finished speaking, a young guerrilla general immediately took a step forward: "Master, the last general asked to lead the army to aid Taolinkou, and would like to kill Dorgon's dog head and present it to the commander!"

A general with leopard head and eyes went out and said, "Why use a cattle knife to kill a chicken? Major General, please stay in the central army and send the last general!"

"I'm willing to go!" More generals clasped their fists and asked for their orders, and the swords and armor collided with each other, making a sound.

The morale of the army is available, and Macheng is also much more at ease. Shanxi can gather 20,000 to 30,000 troops in three days, occupying a good territorial position, and it can still be done to block Dorgon's offensive. There will be more battles in this battle.

Argon was stranded in Shanxi. Even if Shanxi was destroyed, it would be worth it if Dorgon could keep 20,000 elite troops of the Eight Banners. Ma Cheng gritted his teeth and made a ruthless move, and exchanged Shanxi for another Zhenglan Banner.

Adding a white flag and a Dorgon, this deal is too cost-effective.

However, looking at the face of the eunuch Gao Feng, the military supervisor, knew that this plan would not work. He was afraid that the Shanxi people would not want to destroy it.

More than once history proves that merchants value profit. Merchants have no concept of right and wrong in the country. Merchants can do business with the devil. Shanxi merchants and Mongolia, Jianlu have exchanges of interests, Zhejiang merchants and Japanese pirates have good relationships, Hui merchants have boundaries to make a transition.

Shang, this is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, and it is extremely stupid to expect the merchants to be loyal to the country.

The Shanxi merchants were the best representatives of the early leadership party. In the demise of the Ming Dynasty, they played a huge vanguard and led the way, and played an irreplaceable role in quickly sweeping the world after the Eight Banners entered the pass. The Shanxi merchants were my Qing Dynasty.

The greatest good people, and finally became the imperial merchants, was also to commend their achievements.

The rise of Shanxi merchants originated from providing logistics supplies to Zhu Yuanzhang's army. There were many troops on the frontier, and people ate horses and chewed, and the demand was huge. In return, Zhu Yuanzhang gave them salt and allowed them to sell salt. So Shanxi merchants came from

The salt industry under the state control has received generous returns. This is the process of Shanxi merchants starting their own business.

Then, Shanxi merchants began to trade with Mongolia, selling iron, tea, gunpowder, etc. from the Central Plains, and exchanged them for horses, cattle, sheep, animal skins and other materials. Of course, there is a problem here, that is, this kind of trade is not completely legal, but often brings

It is smuggled and is smuggled by the state to prohibit the export of strategic materials to nomadic peoples.

Later, the Qing Dynasty began to smuggle various strategic materials such as grain, iron, gunpowder, etc. At that time, due to the Ming Dynasty blockade of the Qing Dynasty, the economic situation of the Qing Dynasty was very tense. However, the smuggling of Shanxi merchants

The activities greatly improved the economic situation of the Qing Dynasty, and obtained huge amounts of gold and silver obtained by the Qing Dynasty plundering the Ming Dynasty. Then these gold and silver were not put into production to expand reproduction, but were hidden in the cellar and made into huge

Silver winter melon. It is said that a Shanxi merchant can save as much as tens of millions of taels of silver, which is really rich enough to rival a country.

But what are the benefits of this wealth to the country? Not to mention the Shanxi merchants' smuggling of capital enemies, their profit model is to use special policy environments, bribe officials, exploit loopholes, dig out the country's corners, and earn huge price differences.

Even if he made money, it was neither to expand reproduction nor improve technology, but to hide it in the cellar. The so-called Shanxi merchants were too rich to find a place to spend money, and there were many related jokes.

From the beginning, such merchants were accustomed to making huge differences in circulation through various legal or illegal means. So when we talk about Shanxi merchants, our typical image is to sell materials inside and outside the pass, and to Jiangnan

The first reaction of a merchant is to countless handicraft workshops.

Shanxi, Governor's Office.

There are also some ways to prevent border troubles in various parts of Shanxi. In addition to sending police to beacon towers, scouts come out to detect the rivers, and observing the rivers are also important means for early warning of troops in various parts of Shanxi. From the Mongolian Plateau to the North China Plain, the terrain has been lowered all the way, and most rivers have also been

It flows from high to low, from the Mongolian grasslands in the north to Jizhen in the south, like Chaohe, Baihe, Luanhe, Qinglonghe and other rivers.

The enemy cavalry must first complete the assembly on the grassland. The drinking water of tens of thousands of people and horses is definitely not easy to solve. We must use these rivers to drink horses, which will make the river water turbid, and the river will also float, including horse mane hair.

If the debris inside are discovered in the downstream direction, they can prepare in advance. Of course, if the enemy cavalry is in the hinterland of the grassland hundreds of miles away, they will complete the assembly, and then quickly urge their troops to go south to exceed the river flow rate, they will not be noticed in advance.

But if you do this, the corresponding logistical pressure will be great and the troops will be exhausted.

In addition, even large Mongolian tribes are scattered into small communities and open herds. Otherwise, there would be so many grasses to feed livestock when the place is small. These scattered communities will gather into an army of tens of thousands of string control men.

It is not possible to do it in one or two days. In the third year of Wanli, the sixth year of Wanli, and even the Longqing year of the enemy cavalry, the corresponding phenomenon of river water becoming muddy. This proposal opened the eyes of Macheng, and the ancients also had intelligence.

Yes, this method is an early warning method that is more effective than a spy satellite. These early warning measures finally played a role. The Shanxi cavalry searched along the river quickly found Dorgon's traces. The river water in Taolinkou area was turbid, and there must be a highway.

A large number of cavalry activities.

Wang Guozhen cheered up and pointed to the topographic map and said, "There is Yongping Prefecture south of Taolinkou, which is stockpiling a lot of food, armor and weapons. If Jianlu captured Yongping Prefecture, they would be able to eat all over their mouths.

I don’t have to worry about food and grass supply in a short period of time, so I think.”

Ma Cheng nodded. This veteran was not a false reputation. During the Tianqi period, there were still many veterans in the border town of Daming, who were even stronger.

Wang Guozhen smiled at Ma Cheng and changed his tone: "But, please see, within fifty miles south of Taolinkou, there are three generals, Jianchangying, Taitouying and Yanheying, and they stationed 7,000 troops, and we

The army of Santun Camp can arrive in two days. Even if the cavalry captured Taolinkou, will they have time to attack these three camps? If they don’t fight, they will go directly to capture Yongping Prefecture. When our army arrives,

With the three generals who were in charge, they closed the door and beat the dog. After they robbed Yongping Mansion's military funds, how could they escape back outside the pass?"
Chapter completed!